Shri Kapil Sibal
| State from which I am elected: | Uttar Pradesh |
| My Political Party: | Indian National Congress |
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| My Permanent Address: | House No. 1, Jor Bagh, New Delhi 110003 |
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Member’s Name : Shri Kapil Sibal
Father’s Name : Late Shri Hira Lal Sibal
| Mother’s Name : Late Shrimati Kailash Rani Sibal |
| Date of Birth : 8 August 1948 |
| Place of Birth : Jalandhar (Punjab) |
| Marital Status : Married |
| Spouse’s Name : Shrimati Promilaa Sibal |
| Children : Two sons |
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Educational Qualification :
M.A. (History) from St.Stephen’s College, University of Delhi LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A.
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Profession :
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
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Permanent Address:
House No. 1, Jor Bagh, New Delhi110003 Tel. – 011-24636882, 24636883, 24636884 Mobile: 9013181370, 9013181371
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Present Address :
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Positions Held:
July 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha 2001-2002 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and Matters Relating thereto May 2004 – May 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha May 2004 – May 2009 Union Cabinet Minister, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences May 2009 – May 2014 Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (second term) May 2009 – Oct. 2012 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development Jan. 2011 – May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology May 2013 – May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, Law and Justice (Additional Charge) July 2016 Elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
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| Freedom Fighter : No |
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Books Published:
(i) I-witness (anthology of poems), 2008 and (ii) My World Within (anthology of poems), 2012
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and
Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
Led, Indian Delegation to the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January 1991; investigated cases of arbitrary detentions throughout the world; analysed detention and detention laws in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenant for Civil and Political Rights and advised the Government to release individuals from detention if such detention was not in accordance with the above mentioned international instruments; involved in the protection of our national heritage and in particular, archaeological sites which have immense historical and cultural significance; Member, (i) Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions set up by the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, (ii) Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, 2002-2011 and (iii) Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s India AIDS Initiative, 2003; contributed articles on important issues such as security, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, etc. in national dailies and periodicals; scripted lyrics for Hindi film industry
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Member, (i) Air Force Sports Complex, (ii) Delhi Flying Club Limited, (iii) Belvedere Club, Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi, (iv) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and (v) India International Centre, New Delhi
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Countries Visited :
Widely travelled
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Other Information :
Was offered appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.), but declined the offer; joined the Bar in 1972 and was designated Senior Advocate in 1983; Additional Solicitor General of India, Dec. 1989-Dec. 1990; President, Supreme Court Bar Association, 1995, 1997 and 2001; addressed Parliament in the historic impeachment proceedings against Justice V. Ramaswamy, the then sitting judge of the Supreme Court in 1994; counsel in large number of cases where the Supreme Court rendered landmark decisions; represented minorities and minority educational institutions for the last more than two decades; amicus for the Supreme Court in several matters of constitutional importance; spokesperson of the Congress Party, 1998-2004; Elected Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party, 2000-2002; was Member, (i) Board of Management of Indira Gandhi National Open University and (ii) Governing Body, St. Stephen’s College, 1993; Member, (i) Press Council of India, 2001-2004, (ii) Executive Council, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, 2001-2004, (iii) various parliamentary committees, 2001-2004 and (iv) several groups of Ministers under UPA government; led, (i) Indian delegation to Annapolis Conference, U.S.A. held to gather international support for establishment of a Palestinian State and the realization of Israeli- Palestinian Peace, November 2007 and (ii) Indian delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U.N.F.C.C.C.) at Bali (Indonesia), December 2007; Member, Indian Parliamentary delegation to South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal to advocate against Pakistan involvement in cross-border terrorism, 2002; Convenor, International Policy Makers Conference of HIV/AIDS, New Delhi, 2002; participated in the international workshop on “Peaceful Nuclear Use and the Future of Non-Proliferation: Coping with the Diversion of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Terrorism” organized by Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Tokyo (Japan), 2002; was the first ever Member of Parliament to have visited the icy continent of Antarctica (2-4 February, 2005) and stayed at the Maitri base in sub-zero temperature, for getting a first hand experience about the hardships being faced by the Indian scientists; responsible for setting up an Indian research station at the Arctic in July 2008; represented India in the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland) from 26-27 January 2005; was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award for the year 2004-05, by the Indian Science Congress Association during the 92nd Indian Science Congress, held at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), 3-7 January 2005; was offered honorary degrees of Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) at the 55th annual convocation of Punjab University, February 2006; conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution and excellence in the legal field by the Legal Era Magazine in 2016
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